What Is The Deal With ‘Retribution’ On Netflix?

Netflix doesn’t play around when it comes to originals! The leading streaming service has already released so many new series, specials, and movies in just 2018 alone. There’s so much new content that some Netflix originals can fall through the cracks; don’t let Retribution be one of those shows! Okay, you might be asking yourself, “What is Retribution and why have I heard nothing about it?” I can only answer one of those questions, and it’s a much needed answer since Retribution’s road to Netflix is kinda curvy.

Retribution is a dramatic miniseries about two families, united by marriage and ravaged by the murders of newlyweds Adam Elliot and Grace Douglas. Things get even more complicated for the neighboring Elliot and Douglas families when the man suspected of murdering their beloved family members crashes his car… right in front of their farms. So what do you do when the life of your loved one’s killer rests in your hands? And what happens when there are actually a lot of hands involved? The moody drama answers those questions, and you better believe there are no easy answers to be had.

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But while the show’s premise is super clear and will hook you from the jump, it’s kinda hard to find out anything about this show online. That’s because the 2018 Netflix original Retribution was originally released in the UK on BBC One as a miniseries titled One of Us. So if all your Google sleuthing about this show is coming up empty, that’s because you gotta search for its original title!

On top of that, Netflix already has a movie on the site titled Retribution (Summary: “A dishonest banker pays the ultimate price for his wrongdoings when he is held hostage in his own speeding car by a bomb-making extortionist”), as well as a Netflix Original documentary called One of Us (“In the wake of trauma and abuse, three Hasidic Jews face ostracism, anxiety and danger as they attempt to leave their ultra-Orthodox community”). So, yeah, the other things titled Retribution and One of Us are very different from the BBC/Netflix series One of Us/Retribution.

But don’t let all this title confusion deter you from a solid night of bingeing (four hourlong episodes can go by quickly!). If you’re a fan of Netflix’s other crime thrillers Ozark or The Fall, then you’ll want to hit “play” on Retribution.